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markable strawberry has recently been produced in Scotland. 

 The Aberdeen Beehive is the name of this variety, the " finest 

 ever produced." Had the raiser been content to make any rea- 

 sonable statement, there would be some hope that a very val- 

 uable acquisition had been made to the varieties of this deli- 

 cious fruit : but when it is asserted that o)ie plant will pro- 

 duce equal to tiDeiity of any other sort, all who know any 

 thing of our fine kinds will at once draw their own inferences 

 in regard to the productiveness of the Beehive. Some of our 

 ctioice varieties produce 50 berries on one plant : will any 

 body believe one plant will produce one thousand 1 We al- 

 ready have this variety in bearing, in pots, and see nothing, so 

 far, of its superiority over other kinds : it is not large, and its 

 whole merit, if it have any, must consist in its productiveness. 

 The following is the description given by Mr. Mathewson, of 

 Aberdeen, the originator of the strawberry : — 



Aberdeen Beehive. — The greatest bearer ever known : one 

 plant will produce a number equal to twenty of any other 

 sort. Each plant throws from fifty to one hundred and 

 twenty clusters, forming a top resembling a beehive, and so 

 regularly do they ripen, that they maybe gathered in bunches 

 of from twelve to thirty berries. The unprecedented number 

 of three hundred thirty-four have been taken from a single 

 plant at one time. It answers admirably in forcing, twelve 

 pots having carried, this season, five thousand six hundred 

 berries. The extraordinary quality and appearance of the 

 fruit is more than can be described or comprehended, but by 

 those who have actually seen them on the ground or table, 

 where they have excited curiosity and admiration. The ber- 

 ries are about one size, and measure three and a half inches 

 in circumference ; their shape is round, of a bright scarlet color, 

 garnished with a beautiful green husk, folded towards the 

 stalk ; high flavor and delightful aroma ; makes an excellent 

 preserve, the interior being the same in color as the exterior. 

 Directions for cultivation are sent by the originator. 



Eleanor^ (Myatt's.) — This superb variety produces large, 

 handsome fruit, is very prolific, of a good robust habit, fine 

 flavor, and ripens the late fruit off" to a good size. This is Mr. 

 Myatt's description of this new seedling. 



La Liegeoise is the name of a new French strawberry 

 which is said to be large and fine. 



